Understanding armed groups and the applicable law Volume 93 Number 882 June 2011 93 Number 882 June 2011 Volume Volume 93 Number 882 June 2011 Interview with Ali Ahmad Jalali Distinguished Professor at the National Defence University, Washington D.C. Armed groups and intra-state conflicts: the dawn of a new era? Arnaud Blin Armed groups’ organizational structure and their strategic options Abdulkader H. Sinno Economic dimensions of armed groups: profiling the financing, costs, and agendas and their implications for mediated engagements Achim Wennmann Reasons why armed groups choose to respect international humanitarian law or not Olivier Bangerter Understanding armed groups and the applicable law Humanitarian debate: Law, policy, action International law: armed groups in a state-centric system Zakaria Daboné Debate: Should the obligations of states and armed groups under international humanitarian law really be equal? Marco Sassòli and Yuval Shany The move to formal equality in international humanitarian law – a rejoinder to Marco Sassòli and Yuval Shany René Provost The applicability of international humanitarian law to organized armed groups Jann K. Kleffner Lessons for the law of armed conflict from commitments of armed groups: identification of legitimate targets and prisoners of war Sandesh Sivakumaran A collection of codes of conduct issued by armed groups Confronting Duch: civil party participation in Case 001 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Eric Stover, Mychelle Balthazard and K. 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Articles Todays armed groups: structure, actions and strategic options 287 Armed groups and intra-state conflicts: the dawn of a new era? Arnaud Blin 311 Armed groups’ organizational structure and their strategic options Abdulkader H. Sinno 333 Economic dimensions of armed groups: profiling the financing, costs, and agendas and their implications for mediated engagements Achim Wennmann 353 Reasons why armed groups choose to respect international humanitarian law or not Olivier Bangerter 385 Photo gallery Armed groups and international law 395 International law: armed groups in a state-centric system Zakaria Daboné 258 Volume 93 Number 882 June 2011 Articles published by the Review reect the views of the author alone and not necessarily those of the ICRC or of the Review. Only texts bearing an ICRC signature may be ascribed to the institution. 425 Debate: Should the obligations of states and armed groups under international humanitarian law really be equal? Marco Sassòli and Yuval Shany 437 The move to substantive equality in international humanitarian law: a rejoinder